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A comparative study of 4G and 5G Network Simulators

Authors:
Christos Bouras
Georgios Diles
Apostolos Gkamas
Andreas Zacharopoulos

Keywords: Simulator; Comparison; 4G Networks; 5G Networks; Cellular Network

Abstract:
Network simulation is a technique of utmost importance to evaluate new network performance, verify new algorithms and analyze various network topologies. It is used to find results to be expected from a hardware setup without the need for actual implementation. For this reason, there is a plethora of network simulation software applied to different scenarios to evaluate theories and hypotheses. A cellular network is an example of an extremely complex system in which different components impact the overall performance in different ways. The aim of this paper is to study the most common simulators regarding the deployment of 4G and 5G networks. In addition, this paper provides a detailed comparison of 4G and 5G simulators in order to support the academic community choose the most appropriate simulator for each project.

Pages: 11 to 20

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2020. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2020

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644